St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-01
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBULES.

The rain had great effect in filling the
places of amusement last night. The dime
museum did land office business.
August Anderson, twenty five years OF age,
dled OF typhoid fever at the Homeopathic
pharmacy yesterday. Remains will be in
TERED at Maple Hill.
Charles johnson, twenty-one years OF age,
uled yesterday morning of typhoid fever at
st. Anthony's hospital. The remains will be
inferred at Layman's cemetery.
The license collector in accordance with
the advice of the city attorney, has decided
that Mcmahon & Hollands circus cannot
show unless they pay license of $500 day.
Albert Amundson, an employee of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee Il st. Paul railway, had the
tips of his fingers on his right hand cut off
yesterday morning, while handling rails at
Hopkins.
Sergt. Coskran and Inspector Fairburn
yesterday morning arrested James Murren,
alias Murphy, and Jack Ring, hotel thieves,
on First street. Murphy is a member of the
old Murphy gang, broken up some years ago.
The following marriage licenses were is
sued yesterday: John COlstrum to Hannah
Holen, Benjamin F. FAIRIES to Emily Schlos-
tine, ?. Bliss to Betsey c. Norberg, j. II. Bar
Der to Lydia L. Collier, Charles Watkins to
Laura Howard.
George H. Murray, advance agent of the
Devils Auction company, left for Chicago
last night, to be absent for a few days on i'm
portant business, when he will return and
nave everything Ill reuQlHeSs IOr the opening
OF his company, two weeks hence.
Martin Harff, thirty nine years of age son
of Peter Harff, the Cedar avenue saloon
keeper, was found dead i'll bed in a North
Minneapolis house yesterday evening. His
death occurred from drOpSy of the lungs
The remains will be inferred at Lakewood
cemetery to-day at 10 o'clock.
At 900 Washington avenue north George
d. Holt has on exhibition new and novel
method of carrying wire underground. The
model is made exactly as the conduit would
be placed if in practical operation when in
actual position. The frame portion is made
of California red wood on account of its
durability, and this will be coated inside and
out with coal tar, which will make it her
metically tight He also has a sample lot of
cables, one of which alone contains 156 tele-
phone wires in space of about one and one
fourth inches. Mr.. Holt has applied for a
patent OF his invention, and will be happy to
show it to any one interested in the business
Yesterday noon, just at the time when the
streets were filled with vehicles and carriages
driven by ladies going home from their morn
ing shopping, a fine team and wagon were
seen coming east on Nicollet avenue from
Seventh street at worse than breakneck
speed. Hundreds of persons stood breath
less with expectancy, when Il young man was
suddenly seen to Jump from the curb and by
adexterous movement caught the horses by
the bit, to which he chung with commend
able tenacity for half block, when he finally
stopped them by turning them into the curb.
Congratulations were poured in upon him
from all sides, which he modestly
avoided by escaping through the crowd, The
team was the property of w. c. Pier, No. Is
East TwentySixth street south. 1t was later
ascertained that the young man was re-
porter for the GLOBE. 1t was his little
scoop.